2015.08.16 07:00 - Summer Reading

The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Bleu Oleander: morning Adams :)
Adams Rubble: Hello Bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: were you able to claim session ok?
Adams Rubble: yes
Bleu Oleander: ok great
Adams Rubble: piece of cake
Bleu Oleander: :)
Bleu Oleander: how are you?
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: I am well, thank you. How about you?
Bleu Oleander: good also, although very hot weekend here!
Bleu Oleander: should be 115 today!!
Adams Rubble: yes bot here today too but it was a cool morning
Adams Rubble: wow, not 115 here
Bleu Oleander: hoping our A/C holds up
Adams Rubble: what does one do when it is 115?
Adams Rubble: ahhhh AC
Adams Rubble: time for a good book I guess :)
Bleu Oleander: indeed
Bleu Oleander: studying the Iliad and the Odyssey atm
Adams Rubble: oh yes, I remember you saying that
Bleu Oleander: an interesting online Harvard class
Bleu Oleander: on the Ancient Greek Hero
Adams Rubble: sounds like fun
Bleu Oleander: it is, surprisingly so
Adams Rubble: at this point I have Aeneas and Odysseus mixed up in my head
Bleu Oleander: :)
Bleu Oleander: easy to do
Adams Rubble: comes from taking Latin in High school :)
Bleu Oleander: ah yes, I now wish I had paid more attention there!
Adams Rubble: hehe, don;t we all
Adams Rubble: I skimmed through some Lonfellow last night
Bleu Oleander: oh nice
Adams Rubble: Evangeline
Bleu Oleander: have not read
Adams Rubble: did not know the story
Adams Rubble: it is pretty sad
Bleu Oleander: I think education should require more literature
Bleu Oleander: I've come to many things too late, but better late then never :)
Adams Rubble: have to save something for later :)
Bleu Oleander: true
Bleu Oleander: anyway, i'm really enjoying catching up
Adams Rubble: me too
Bleu Oleander: might not have appreciated it when younger
Adams Rubble: one has to make some choices when young
Adams Rubble: and later too, come to think of it :)
Bleu Oleander: indeed
Adams Rubble: some literature does require a little life experience first
Bleu Oleander: that's true also
Adams Rubble: one can read it when younger but lots lost
Bleu Oleander: I definitely agree there
Adams Rubble: the lotuses in the pond are a nice touch
Bleu Oleander: they're Aph's
Bleu Oleander: nice touch
Bleu Oleander: people were adding all kinds of things yesterday :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Bleu Oleander: I personally like it kinda simple
Adams Rubble: me too
Bleu Oleander: a simple space for contemplation and/or conversation
Adams Rubble nods
Bleu Oleander: I do like the gentle sound of water
Adams Rubble listens
Adams Rubble: yes, that's nice
Bleu Oleander: I use a lot of earth tones
Adams Rubble: I see
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: maybe living in AZ has changed my palatte
Bleu Oleander: but I like earth tones including lots of shades of green too
Adams Rubble: it relxes the eyes
Bleu Oleander: I also like the idea of crossing over water to enter the space
Adams Rubble: relaxes
Bleu Oleander: symbolic and bounds the space
Adams Rubble: the second pavlion of PaB was like that and people kept falling in :)
Bleu Oleander: but yet the walls are gentle
Bleu Oleander: transparent
Bleu Oleander: and phantom
Adams Rubble: big splashes
Adams Rubble: How long is your course?
Bleu Oleander: it goes until Dec
Adams Rubble: that is a long one
Bleu Oleander: the first 8 hours are on the Iliad
Bleu Oleander: the next 3 on the Odyssey
Bleu Oleander: and the balance on other ancient writers
Bleu Oleander: very interesting!
Adams Rubble: sounds like it
Adams Rubble: all greek writers?
Bleu Oleander: I have a new respect for Homer ... whoever and however it all came about
Bleu Oleander: I think yes, Greek writer
Adams Rubble: will that include the dramas?
Bleu Oleander: ends with Plato
Bleu Oleander: Sophocles
Bleu Oleander: Hesiod
Bleu Oleander: Euripides
Adams Rubble: neat
Adams Rubble: wonder what PaB would be like if we had a Greek chorus
Adams Rubble: :)
Bleu Oleander: Sappho
Bleu Oleander: I think we should use the theater
Bleu Oleander: would be fun
Bleu Oleander: could do a PaB chorus
Adams Rubble: Greek choruses are very sassy
Bleu Oleander: yes, would be fun!
Bleu Oleander: well, I must get going
Bleu Oleander: nice to see you Adams
Adams Rubble: nice to see you. Stay cool
Bleu Oleander: enjoy your warm Sunday
Bleu Oleander: yes, you too!
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Bleu Oleander: bye